Refrigerator

Refrigerator is a structure that drastically increases the shelf-life of food by cooling its contents to 4 °C (or 2 °C in ), at the cost of electricity and heating the nearby environment. Even if the contents has not yet reached 4 °C, Food inside a powered Refridgerator is always considered as refridgerated.

Tips

 * Storing food in powered Refrigerator will reduce amount of germs present on food.
 * A Refrigerator is not a necessary item for all colonies, as food can be preserved in alternate ways. Any food that is stored in environments colder than 4 °C is considered to be refrigerated. This means that putting a ration box in a Frozen Biome is a cost effective way to store food. Storing items in sterile atmosphere also works. Placing a ration box in an oxygen-free environment will also stop food from rotting. Creating a room of Hydrogen, Chlorine or Carbon Dioxide will have the same effect in preserving food. Storing food in Vacuum also works, giving food both "Refrigerated" and "Sterile Atmosphere" statuses.
 * In Spaced Out! update Versions/EX1-463874, Foods need to be both, in Deep Freeze (a new additional state introduced in Spaced Out, starting a -18°C) and in a Sterile Atmosphere to have their spoil time completely halted.
 * Two Refrigerators occupy the same space as one Ration Box, but store more food and provide more decor. They do not need to be powered just to store food, only to cool it down below the temperature of the environment.
 * Refrigerated items only have their shelf life extended, but they can still rot.
 * Food's shelf-life is reduced if the Refrigerator is surrounded by Polluted Oxygen.
 * Refrigerators can be wired in the same way as Smart Storage Bins.
 * Refrigerators can be renamed.
 * Refrigerators are also the designated storage containers for medicine that has been produced in the Apothecary. However, as medicine doesn't spoil at any temperature (or in any atmosphere), they don't need to be powered for this purpose in any case.
 * A full refrigerator will only send a green signal if the refrigerator is powered.

History
{{History|version=EX1-463874| (in only) Refrigerators cool things to 2 degrees celsius instead of 4 degrees.